Dictionary Check: bight

"bight" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points
Words with Friends 12 points

Definition

noun

a loop in a rope

noun

a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)

noun

a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline

Example: "the Bight of Benin"
noun

the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)

verb

fasten with a bight

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